The War of Wars (141 page)

faces war on all fronts (1813)
832

first priorities
345
,
346

flight to Paris (1812)
814
,
819–20

the Hundred Days (1815)
868–906

military dictatorship
387–9
,
658

military success key to his power
526

need for war
823
,
921

plots against
389–95
,
396
,
569
,
683–4

plunders art works
168
,
184–5
,
338
,
907

policies during peace
384–9

political skills
921

public works
386

reaction to disaster of Russian campaign
820
,
821–5

redesigns Paris
491

relations with Pope
677–80
,
822
,
846

resistance to
633
,
654
,
820
,
823
,
843

return from exile
869–70

Revolution at an end
375–6

territories in 1806
492

treatment of conspirators
393–4

Napoleon II
691
,
759
,
820
,
853
,
862
,
868
,
904

Napoleon III
674

Narbonne, Comte de
32

National Assembly
20
,
23
,
24
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
32
,
47
,
71
,
190

National Guard
20
,
21
,
23
,
24
,
26
,
27
,
153
,
154
,
347

nationalism
865
,
916–17

Nations, Battle of the
see
Leipzig, Battle of

navigation
206–7

navy
see
fleets

Neale, Sir Harry
638
,
639
,
651
,
652

Neerwinden, Battle of
33
,
35
,
39
,
126

Neipperg, Count Adam von
868
,
872
,
912

Nelson, Admiral Horatio
183
,
209
,
210
,
211–12
,
229–30
,
255–6
,
353
,
541
,
926

Battle of Cape St Vincent
232–7
,
295

Battle of Copenhagen
363–8

Battle of the Nile
287
,
289
,
291
,
294
,
295
,
346

Battle of Trafalgar
447–59

‘blind eye’ incident
365–6

blockades French ports
425–6
,
427

character and background
257–66
,
354
,
356
,
358
,
361
,
459–60

commander of Channel Fleet
369
,
373

attack on Boulogne
369–71
,
402

commander of Mediterranean Fleet
358
,
360

and Corsica
268

death and funeral
451–2
,
454–6
,
458
,
459–60
,
461
,
463–4
,
484

and French fleet in the Mediterranean
273–5
,
286–7
,
434–6
,
569

hero figure
270
,
294–5
,
357
,
442
,
452
,
459–60

and Lady Hamilton
359–60
,
361–3
,
371–5
,
442
,
444–5
,
447
,
451
,
455
,
459

loss of eye and arm
268
,
272–3

and Naples
267–8
,
295–7
,
355–9

pursues Villeneuve to West Indies
436–8
,
538
,
569

tactics
287
,
289
,
444
,
445
,
448

and Tenerife
271–2
,
295

Nelson, Catherine
257

Nelson, Edmund
257
,
266
,
272
,
362
,
371–2
,
375

Nelson, Fanny (formerly Nisbet)
263–4
,
266
,
267
,
269
,
272–3
,
275
,
295
,
357
,
359
,
360
,
361–2
,
372
,
375
,
458
,
460

Nelson, Horatia
362
,
445
,
451
,
455
,
460

Nelson, Maurice
257

Nelson, William
257
,
460

Nepean, Evan
576

Netherlands, Austrian
34
,
109
,
115–16
,
126
,
137–8

Newcastle, Lord
98

Ney, Marshal Michel
176
,
334
,
350
,
401
,
406
,
537
,
860
,
864

execution of
907
,
912

invasion of France
849
,
850
,
854

Prussian campaign (1806)
513
,
518
,
519
,
520
,
521

Prussian/German campaign (1813)
829–30
,
834
,
837

Russian campaign
765
,
771
,
778
,
782
,
783
,
784
,
803
,
804
,
805–8
,
810
,
811
,
814
,
815–16
,
818

in Spain
621
,
624
,
627
,
628
,
702
,
707
,
709
,
712
,
714

Waterloo campaign
870
,
874
,
877
,
879
,
880–1
,
882
,
883
,
885
,
890
,
891
,
892–4
,
899
,
900
,
901
,
902

Nicaragua
261
,
295

Nice
34
,
79
,
120

Nicholas the Turk
301–2
,
303
,
308

Niemen, River
767–8
,
816–17

Nieuport
138

Nile

Battle of the
286–94
,
346

River
281–2
,
283
,
299
,
306–7

Nisbet, Dr Aesculapius
362

Nisbet, Josiah
266
,
267
,
272
,
362

Nivelle, Battle of the
756–7

nobility

British
12
,
97

French
12–15
,
24
,
386

opposition to Revolution
24

Nootka Sound
495
,
572

North, Lord
93
,
94
,
95
,
98

North-West Passage
258

Norway
765

Nosworthy, Brent
473–4
,
475–6
,
593–5

Obidos, Battle of
615

Ocaña, Battle of
702

Ochakov
110
,
112
,
113

Oldenburg, Duchy of
764
,
765

Oliva, General
484

O’Meara, Barry
417

Ompteda, Christian von
892

Onslow, Captain
245

Oporto
538
,
613

Battle of
696–9

Orange, Prince of
876
,
878
,
892

Orde, Vice-Admiral Sir John
435

Orissa
771

Orléans
854
,
855

Orleans, Louis Philippe II, Duc d’
23
,
28
,
573
,
574

Orrock, Lieutenant-Colonel William
609

Orsha
777
,
803
,
808

Orthez, Battle of
757

Ostend
137
,
876

Ottoman Empire
3
,
4
,
109
,
110–11
,
112
,
121
,
249
,
250
,
279–80
,
294
,
296
,
405
,
408
,
492
,
530
,
531–2
,
623
,
628

Battle of Aboukir
324–5

Battle of Heliopolis
327–8

relations with France
300
,
311–16
,
320
,
321
,
326–7
,
328
,
352
,
582

relations with Russia
300
,
352
,
516
,
765
,
867

Otway, Captain
365

Oudinot, Marshal Nicolas-Charles
664
,
670
,
765
,
769
,
771
,
809
,
811
,
813
,
818
,
834
,
837
,
839
,
860
,
912

Ourard, Gabriel
346

Oviedo
587

Paché, Jean-Nicolas
42

Pack, General
743

Paget, Arthur
483–4

Paget, General Edward
462
,
463
,
625
,
629
,
697

Paine, Thomas
10
,
42
,
105

Pakenham, General Edward
738
,
864

Pakenham, Kitty
602
,
604
,
612
,
696
,
864

Pakenham, Tom
602

Palafax, General
624
,
625

Palestine
311–16

Pallemberg, Battle of
40

Palliere, Captain
556
,
557–8

Palmer, Thomas
106

Pamplona
751
,
752
,
756

Paoli, Pasquali
60
,
61
,
64
,
67
,
68–9
,
71
,
73–6
,
77
,
171
,
268

Papal States
165
,
166
,
168
,
177
,
349
,
375
,
678

Paris
842
,
844–5
,
849–50
,
851

capitulation of (1814)
853

capitulation of (1815)
906–7

Second Treaty of (1815)
907

Treaty of (1814)
866

Paris commune
49

Parker, Sir Hyde
209
,
363
,
365
,
368
,
452

Parker, Lady
354

Parker, Admiral Sir Peter
260
,
261
,
262
,
270
,
354

Parker, Richard
240–1

Parker, Lieutenant William
542
,
548
,
551
,
558

Parma
167
,
350
,
406
,
506
,
912

Parque, Duque del
699
,
702

Parseval-Grandmaison, François-Auguste
251

Patterson, Elizabeth
508

Paul, Tsar
3
,
172
,
294
,
346
,
351
,
352
,
363
,
368
,
392
,
403
,
569

Pavia
162
,
163
,
167

Peake, Captain Edward
371

peasantry, French
11–12
,
851

Pelham
98

Pellew, Sir Edward
196–7
,
210
,
218
,
219
,
223
,
426
,
445

Peninsular War
695–760
,
926

Battle of Albuera
717–19

Battle of Bussaco
709–10

Battle of Fuentes de Onoro
715–17

Battle of the Nivelle
756–7

Battle of Oporto
696–9

Battle of Orthez
757

Battle of Salamanca
737–41

Battle of Talavera
700–3

Battle of Toulouse
758

Battle of Vimeiro
616–18

Battle of Vitoria
750–1

British evacuation of Corunna
628–32

character of
626
,
696–7
,
720–2

cruelty and suffering in
632
,
696–7
,
707
,
712–14
,
732
,
754–5

guerrilla warfare
707
,
720–2
,
764

Lines of Torres Vedras
704–8

Pamplona surrenders
756

Portuguese expedition
612–18

siege of Badajoz
731–3

siege of Burgos
743–4